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HfBUSU*«' fcVKHY SAIUKDAY MOUNleU
AT OR Y. OF.OttOIA,
—BY T. H. PENS.—
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E iwr> 1 it thi Put* tlice at GraiGa
%f second class mail matter.
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stade payable to X. I,. 1 i-xx.
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application.
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ef a personal character charged for the
ettnifc as advertisements.
Marriage and obituary notices, not cx
teedir.gone square, inserted without charge
—over one square will be charged for same*
as advertisements.
Correspondents alone are responsible through these for
opinions expressed by them
«i..i;nnns.
town and county.
That girl should sutely be con
demned,
And shunned by all the beaux,
Who, though her fingers are be
gem med, *
Neglects to mend her beaux,
Leaves everything she can un
hemmed.
And pins on all her eleaux,
—Milledgevillo Chronicle.
We want it distinctly understood
that we are not lesponsible for opin
ions and sentiments expressed by our
correspondents, or are responsible
for communications of auv descript
ion.
(Day is still on tho improve.
Several of oureifcizeus visited the
Central City this week.
The Headlight office looks ever
po nice and neat in its new Spring
drcKg.
Mr. J. W. Jones lias been quite
busy this week placing a neat fence
around his lot.
We regret to learn that Air. An
drew Stewart, father of Mrs J. W.
Jones of this place, is quite sick at
Lis home in Putnam county.
Much to the regret of those in
terested Mi-<s Annie Clark has re
turned to her home in Blountsville
Jones-CGUiity.—Eatonton Messenger
Jlen. J. li. Blount was among
the distinguished visitors to the city
on memorial day. Air. Blount has
u large number of strong followers
in Baldwin county.—M Ledge iDe
Chronicle.
A special train passed np the road
‘Weduesdny'tuormng, from Macon
for the benefit of teachers along the
iine attending the Teachers Con
vention which is .in session this
week in Athens.
Mr. Henry J. Stewart gave the
Headlight Office a short call Sat
urday afrernoon. He is a “News
paper man” and interested in the
prosperity of all papers, especially,
that of the Headlight. He re
turned to Chattanooga on Monday.
We copy the following f rom The
Jasper County News.
The Young ladies cooking club
will meet at Col. Flem Jordans to
morrow night
Prof. Dumas gave the school
children Holiday last Friday, it
being Memorial day.
There was a big ball at the
House last Friday niglit. the
occasion being the closing ol Prof.
Barnatta’s dancing school.
A prettier place could not have
been selected for the Lawn Tennis
club than the beautiful grounds in
front of Cot Flem Jordans house.
THE PRIDE OF WOMAN.
A clear pearly and transparent
Bkin is always a sign of pure blood,
and ail 1 persons troubled with, dark,
greasy, yellow or blotched skin can
rest assured that their blood is out
of order. A few doeea of BEGGS
BLOOD PURIFIER & BLOOD
MAKER will remove the cause and
the skin will beeome clear and trans’
parent. Try it, and if satisfaction
is not given it will cost you nothing
It is iully warranted. D. D. HOL
SENBECK.
NOTICE!
I will do all the work and sawing
of vour pines at 40cta per hundred
&et. For further information apply
to the undersigned at Monticello,Ga.
A. A. PENN.
Jfiss. E. (1 11.VRUEXAN, I.oe.il Lditus
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CLINTON LOCALS.
Farmers are about through plant
ing cot’on.
The absence of tho Local Editiess
this week accounts for the shortness
of news.
The fruit trees indicate that a
nio.-*t abundant, crop will be' borue.
Every tree and bush is full.
Send a postal to Ellis & Co., Ma
con, Ua, for a line of samples, and
when they arrive you will be sure to
order a big bill of their substantial
goods.
The Editress, with a “full corps”
of the family band, left on Tuesda)
to visit her brother, lion. M. li.
.Smith, near Toombiboro. U'e wi->h
fjv her a pleasant visit and safe
(and q ick) return.
Crazy Martin was put in jail in
Ci a M. >n a/ for setting
fire to me barn of Cant. H. B. Rid
ley. The barn and contents, con
sisting of 230 bushels of corn, a good
wagon and other property was
burned. At one time every out
building on the promt ses was on
fire. Martin was in jail a year or
two ago and was se tt to tiie Asylum
but bv some moans he was released.
He should either be confined or se
verely punished.
Mrs. Lucinda A. Gibson, mother
of l)rs. \V. C. and Obie Gibson, died
alter an illness of several months at
the home of her son-iu-law, Dr. A.
Mathis, in Suudersville, on the 27th
nit., and was buried at Mountain
Spring church yard on Sunday.
She was a woman of remarkable
traits of character and her many
friends are sa ideiicd by the news of
her death. Mrs. Gibson was born
and raised in Jones county about
six miles from Grigwoldville, she
was a model wife and mother and
‘.her children rise up and call her
b'essed.” Our sympathies go out
to the bereavedjfatnily.
Neuralgic Vertovs
Wid those troubled with will nervousness be relieved bj resulting taking
Troui care or overwork
Brown’s Iron Bitters. Genuine
lias trade mark and crossed red lines od wrapper.
current happenings.
The Hawes trial is still going on
in Birmingham, Ala.
Gen. Gordon attended the Centen
nial ceremonies in New York this
week.
Tho “Interstate Drill” to he held
in Macon in May is the all absorb
ing topic among the Maconites.
Pa stands for Pennsylvania and
Ma for Montana. Tiie United States
are preparing to bo a happy fami
ly.—Ex.
Tho talented and graceful Lamar
Clay of Macon won fresh laurels at
his recent success in the play “Vir
ginias’’ and repeated the perform
ance on May 2nd.
The families of tho two noble
firemen who were killed last week
have been liberally help'd by a
fund raised by subscription, which
already amounts to near §1500.00.
Miss Janio Crawley of Rutledge
committed suicide Saturday night by
jumping into the well. She was
forty five years old and ill health
had impaired her mental faculties.
Tho republican loaders are said to
be strongly in favor of calling an
extra session of Congress m October.
No doubt their object is to get their
schemes ready for the regular ses
sion.
Objections are being raised by
many of the Georgia weeklies to the
manner in which several of tbe dai
lies are manipulating their columns
with thc8Cissora without giving any
credit.
Oao of tho leading late inventions
is a contrivance which rings a bell
in a hotel office and registers the
room number when some verdant
person blowgout the gas. A western
man is the inventor of the plan.—
Milkdgfcville Chronicle.
TOU CANNOT AFFORD
At this season of tbe year to be
witbonta good reliable diarrhoea
balsam in the house, as cramps, ool
ic diarrhoea and ail inflammation of
4
the stomach and bowels are exceed
ingly dangerous if not attended to
at or.ce, One bottle of BEGGS
DIARRHOEA BALSAM will do
more good in cases of this kind than
any other medicine on earth. We
guarantee it. D. D. HOLSEN
BECK.
FROM ROUND OAiL
Df.i* llRvmnntiT l donth\te-ul
to write an out and out obituary,
but must tell you that try poor
rooster, “Robinson Crusoe,” has de
parted this life. The cook did it
“with her little hatchet.” Ho no
longer comes to the frontdoor, splits
his throat and bursts our brains out
with his shrill cock-a-doodle-doo
while in the effort of giving as no
tice that company may be expected,
Neither do we longer hear tho clarion
tones of this favorite chanticleer,
telling us that old Sol’s smiles can
be seen in the dim distance. No,
lbs spirit has been wafted to realms
above, while bis cat Cuss lias been
baked and used ns fuel to fire the
engine that runs the mortal part <>t
man. Nature first dressed our la
mented Bob, then the cook put on
garments of a diflrient hue. This
surplus dressing lay in profusion on
the dish around our very deceased
Bob, as ho lay in state. All that
were allowed, took from him a
souvenir in the shape of a drum
stick, wing, the neck, liver and giz
zard.
As we pulled the drum-stick from
his side,
Both wings seemed in bow-knots
firmly tied.
We Loscd them both with no little
While ]iride, j
Barb -e aud I made an equal |
divide.
Now into the gravy the spoon went
splash,
Then on Bob’s breast we cut a great
gash.
Next morning at breakfast we made
a final dash,
When we finished up Robbiein the
shape cf hash.
The Round Oak Alliance Club
hold a called meeting a this place
last Saturday to initiate several
male applicants and two ladies, Mis.
Whitehead and her mother. One
Aliiaucemau brought for (ho inspec
lion of the chib a bunch of volun
teer oats in full head, four feet and
two inches high, one hundred and
twenty seven stalks, with forty
grains to the stalk, which foots up
the enormous amount of five thous
and and eighty grains. All of this
came from one grain.
Messrs. Jack Roberts and J. A.
Walker arc contesting fts to who
has the largest hog. They seem so
far to be making length the test
Both claim their ‘ respective” hogs
to be seven feet long- Mr. Walker’s
hog is exactly seven feet, not count
ing his tail. Mr, Roberts claims bis
to be seven feet also, but does he
count from tip of nose to tip of tail?
If so, Mr. Walker will take the
“blue ribbon,” Just a little old “pig
tail” is getting up this great big
“tei-doo.” Weigh them, gentle
men, when you kill them, then
we’ll see what’s what. There is so
much hog in tho matter, perhaps it
would be bust to have witnesses
while the weighing is going on.
Miss Hattie Hunt has returned
from her visit to Monroe.
Mr. and Mrs. J. 1*. Hunt have
gone to Sunny Side to visit their
son. Mr. Ed Hunt.
Mr. Sterling Marshall is at home
again.
“J.”
RECEIPT FOR V ELVJ5T SPONGE
CAKE.
Published by request.
Six eggs, two cupi of white sugar,
two and a half cups of Hour alter
being sifted, two dessert spoons of
yeast powder, one cup boiling wa
ter. Beat the yolks with sugar fif
teen minutes, add three whites well
beaten, then the hot water and
flour, flavor with lemon and bake in
layers. To the remaining three
whites, after being beaten, add six
dessertspoons of sugar, flavor and
place between the layers of cake.
E G H
All the really good points
contained in other sewing machines
have been utilized in tbe construe
tion of tho New Homo, and many
new improvements and devices ad
ded, tbe result of which is a sewing
machine as neatly perfect as it is
possible to make one. Examine the
New Home.
ip rorrn back scrips
Or you *re all worn out, really kuo< 1 for netting
It is general <:el)llity. Try
nnoH/ns n;»s iuttkti*. Sold
It vril'. ears you, andgivr a -aypelite.
li all dialers laraedicdoe
Mr. Carnegie's gilt of $10,000 to
Hie strikers of a rival stel works
may he a very g ood investment,
It is said that the Governor Ames,
the fire masted schooner recently
built on the New England coast,
will hold ns much lumber ae a train {
of cars a mile lon g.
In Lenoir, N. O. a child. Ilatl'e
Rainey saved a small railroad bridge
from destruction. She discovered it
ablaze, and carried water in her felt
hat from the sirearn beow, making
several trips before the flames were
extinguished,
Sevenal Tipsy young Men got into
a non o at uastanea, near Lock
Haven, lately, whiio the family
were out, and fell asl op, when a
wandering horse tba; lnul been nos
ing in a b >sin of Hour suill'ed at the
faces of the strangers so closely as
to imprint on 'each a ghastly
whiteness When the family got
back at twilight their outcries
could.be hoard three blocks away.
A Record of W0 ituns a t* sit'd
was left by a New Haven man, who
died insane this week. His arrests
were chiefly for drunkenness, ami it
was through bis excesses that bis
mind gave way. It was one of bis
tricky when arrested ,to throw his
should, r out of joint tvid then by
frantic groans to -o'icit the sympathy
of ttie officers in charge, ilo was
al out 70 years of ago.
WHY IS IT
That people linger along always
complaining about that continual
tired feeling? One bottle of B. GGS'
BLOOD PURI FI Ell & BLOOD
MAKER will entirely remove tins
feeling, give them a g«od appetite
and regiffato digestion. D. D.
HOLSENBECK
oOO*
RUSE CUTTINGS. e
Have your soil rub and well
spaded and during a damp, cloudy
spell in October, put out each on
wlitre you wish it to remain, press
ing them firmly in the soil. Should
it be dry, water twice a week del
ing Fall, also in the Spring if dry
weather sets in.
SEVERE CASES'. OF BLOOD
POISON.
Thousands suffer from blood poi
s m, who would be cured if they gave
B, B. B. (Bontanic Blood Balm) a
trial. Send to’tlic Blood Balm Co ,
Atlanta, Ga., for book of wonderful
cures; that convince the most skepti
cal. It is sent free.
J, O. Gisboii, Meridian, Mis*,,
wriies. “For a number of years J
suffered untold agonies from blood
poison. Several prominent physi
cians did me little if any good. I
began to use B. B. B. with very
little faith, but, to my utter surprise
it lias made me a well ar.d hearty
person.”
Z. T. Ilallertan, Macon. Ga.
writes, “I contracted blood poison,
I first tried physicians, and then
went to Hot Spiing. 1 leturaed
home a ruined man pbysiciall.
Nothing seemed to dome any good.
My mother persuaded me to try B.
B. B. To my utter astonishment
every ulcer quickly healed.”
Benj. Morris; Atlanta, Ga. writes;
“I suffered years from syphilitic
blood poison which refusid to bo
cured by all treatment. Physicians
pronounced it a hope lea* case. 1
aiid bad joims no appetite, and I lmd kidney* pains in hips
my were
diseased. My throat was ulcera ed
and my breast a mas* of running
sores. In thts condition I eom
menced a use of B. B. B.. It healed
every ulcer and sore and cured me
comptetly within two months.”
Notice to Debtors and Creditor*
All persons bavirg demand*
against the estate of N. S. Glover,
late of Jones Cocnty, deceased, are
hereby' notified to render in their
demands »o the undersigned accord
ing to law ; and all persons indebted
to said estate are required Ur mane
immediate payment.
W. P. GLOVElt, AdmV.
N. 8. Glover, deceased
Apr. 2nd 1889. 6t
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Ordinary's Office, Jones Co., Ga.
April 29(h 1930.
Whereas i*. appears to the court
that tiie estate of Miss N. A. Ro*s
deceased, is unrepresented, these
are therefore t > cite all persons con
cerned to show cause at this cilice
on or by first Monday in Juno next,
ifanyt hey have why adniinirtration
oh said estate shall not be vested in
some proper person accoidng to
law.
Witness my hand officially,
II. T. BOSS,
4 \\* Ordinary.
Urd-UiUj’s Office, Joivea 0‘>., Gu.
April 2iHh 1^9
Notice is hereby given that the
report of Commissioners setting
aside one years support to Tilda
V\ Idle (e) from estate of her dee’ll
hnslmml is of file in litis office and I
will pass judgment upon tho sum,'
at tiie June berm next of tins court
unless some iegal came be shown to
the contrary.
Witness uiy hand officially,
It. T. ROSS,
4iv Ordinary
Ordinary’s Office, .Jones Co., Gu.
January 21>th 1889.
Whereas, \V, P. Glover the admin
i stmt or on Estate of John J. Glover
(luce’ll, applies (o me (or Dismission
rom said administration. Tnesoare
therefore to ci to and admonish all
persons concerned to show cause at
this office if any they have to the con
trary on or by the first Monday in
May next. Witness my hand offici
ally. R. T. RUSS. Ordinary.
Ordinary’s Office, Jones Co., Gn.
January 29th 1889.
Whereas, John F. Anderson Adm’r
on Estate of Martin It. Malone dec’d,
applies to me for Dismission from
Ha id Effiile. These are to_cito and
admonish all persons concerned to
show cause at this office if any they
have to the contrary on or by the
first Monday in May next.
Witness my band officially,
11 T. ROSS, Ordinary.
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Compton & Macon E. E.
TIME TABLE NO 2.
In effect Sunday, April J4t.li 1889
No. 1. Fast Mail—North Bound.
Leave Macon... ••••••••••«••« .7 00 a rn.
“ Grays.... ... 7 42
Arrive Mouticello 8 48
“ Madison............18 35
Leave “ 10 55
Arrive Athens 12 35 p, m.
No. 2. Fast Mail—South Bound.
Leave Athens...... .... 1 00 i>. m.
Arrive Madison... .... 2 50
Leave “ .... 3 00
“ Mouticello. .... 4 16
“ Grays. .... 5 21
Arrive Macon, .... 6 00
No. 3. Ac’modat’.v.—North)Bound
Leave Macon..... . 8 00 p. ni.
“ Grays....... 9 12
Arrive Monticello 11 04
“ Mackcn.............II 40
Leave “ 5 00 a. m.
Arrive Madison C 12
“ Athens... 8 30
No. 4. Ac’modat’n.-— South Bound.
Leave Athens...... ... 8 00 p. m.
Arrive Madison... • •••«• • ..10 10
“ Machen •••••• * ......10 40
Leave “ ..... 4 55 a. in.
Arrive Mouticello, 5 29
“ Grays,. 7 18
« M aeon ......8 35
No. 5. Loi'l Fr’t.—Noutii Bound.
Monday Wednesday and Friday.
Leave Macon. ...9 00 a. in.
“ Grays ..10 43
Arrive Mouticello.......,...1 35 p. na.
•* Madison 4 40
Leave 4 50
Arrive Athens ■•Ml* 7 30
No. 6. Loc’l Fk’t.—South Bound.
'Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Leave Alliens-. . .8 30 a. in.
Arrive Madison. ,10 40
Leave u 11 OG
Arrive Mouticello.........1 15 p. rn.
S Grays 3 40
R Macon...............610
A. J. McEVOY, Superjntendant
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